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I’ve really enjoyed the courses so far! The program is really well rounded so you get a little bit of everything and if you want to focus on epi there is definitely an option to do so through your elective courses. After I graduate I want to work in epi and I know a lot of others in the program do as well. One of the most important considerations in getting hired as an epidemiologist is your ability to use data analysis software, and we learn how to use R in our biostatistics course and STATA in biostats 2. A lot of previous graduates from the program have gone on to become epidemiologists for the Public Health Agency of Canada as well. The department helps a lot with practicums, organizations taking practicum students will reach out to a member of our department and essentially she will send out all of the job postings she receives. She also actively contacts organizations to see if they would be willing to take practicum students. You also can reach out to any organization you want if there hasn’t been a practicum posting from them and a member of our department will help them set up a practicum position for you if they want to take a student. This year they told us there were fewer than normal practicum student requests due to COVID, but still almost everyone in our program has secured a position and if they haven’t there is the opportunity to do research under a faculty member instead. There is also the option to do a second practicum in your second year winter semester if you choose. I did see a couple of practicum postings for positions in Toronto specifically with UHN, but I would assume that UofT has more partnerships in Toronto so they get more toronto based practicum offers. I was accepted to Guelph and Queens last year and ended up accepting Guelph for a few reasons. I didn’t apply to UofT because I didn’t want to only focus on one program stream and wanted to explore different aspects of public health. The Public Health Agency of Canada is in Guelph so the university has a very strong partnership with it and many of the MPH students get practicums there which I think is a really big accomplishment as far as practicum opportunities go. There are tons of MPH alumni from Guelph that work at PHAC as epidemiologists. It seems like many of them are hired right out of graduation. I know at Queens it seems they have partnership with KFLA health unit so many students do practicum positions there, but my goal is to work at PHAC once I graduate or for another organization at a national level instead of a local health unit. There’s also the option to do a second practicum at Guelph which is really great! When I talked to my profs in undergrad they didn’t know much about the Queens mph program but they were very familiar with guelph, so I think although queens is a prestigious school, Guelph is much better known and has more connections in the field of public health.

Hi guys! I'm currently a first year MPH student at University of Guelph, if you have any questions I would be happy to help!

I accepted my offer to Guelph today, see you guys there!!?

why did you decide on queens?

for those of you choosing guelph as your #1, what’s your reasoning? trying to decide between guelph and queens and having a tough time ?

is anyone who received an offer to guelph planning on accepting? ?

just checked my status on the guelph portal and it says admitted! ? just waiting for the email now

Thank you!! I just got an email from the grad assistant with the offer. She also mentioned that I have until April 7th to accept the offer, and there is a waitlist, so more are coming. My fingers are crossed for you!!

Just got an offer from Queen’s for MPH! ??

has anyone else heard from queens? my status still says application submitted ?

For people waiting on Queen’s - I emailed and they said they will be sending out their first round of offers, rejections and wait list next week!

I’m the exact same way! I’ve honestly been checking my email every 10 minutes all week. I looked through the forums and it looks like last year Queens sent out their first round of offers on March 14th, but the year before they sent them out on March 1st. I didn’t want to contact them because they’re probably so busy, but i think we could hear any time now really! Good luck ?

does anyone know around when we should hear back for guelph and queens? wait is killing me. ?

I applied for Queens and Guelph as well, good luck! ?

I'm applying to Queen's too! Just finishing my letter of interest, the 4000 character limit is killing me..